Ice Cream Cone Cupcakes

Alivia is celebrating her 4th Birthday today! I still can't believe how fast she is growing up. I am taking the day off and we are spending the day in the city. She has requested to eat somewhere with chopsticks for lunch (PF Changs may-be?) and a friend of ours gave Liv a giftcard to Build-A-Bear (meaning we will spend our afternoon at the mall).

Due to our adventures today Alivia took her birthday treats to school yesterday. I had been wanting to make these ice cream cone cupcakes with her for a long time. My mom who is an excellent baker (a trait I did not inherit) would make these for me when I was a kid. Although our cupcakes did not turn out as fancy as hers always did we are still very proud of them!

What You Need

1 Boxed Cake Mix and the ingredients mix requires (we used a funfetti cake mix)

1 Can of Frosting (we used the funfetti vanilla frosting that came with its own sprinkles)

2 dozen ice cream cones

1 muffin pan

What To Do

1. Mix the cake mix and preheat the oven according to the package instructions.

2. Place the ice cream cones in the muffin pan as pictured.

3. Fill each ice cream cone with cake batter about 2/3 full.

4. Bake in oven according to cake mix directions. Insert a toothpick into the cupcake and if the toothpick comes out clean then your cupcakes are done.

5. Decorate your cupcakes to look like real ice cream cones. I simply spread the frosting onto each cupcake with a butter knife and threw on some sprinkles. My mom would always get out her cake decorating tips when I was a kid and make a swirling pile of frosting on top. Both taste excellent! :) 

You may be wondering how to transport these once they are finished. We simply wrapped napkins on the base of each cupcake and filled up a cake pan to carry them in. I am happy to report all arrived to daycare in one piece. Have fun!